Rimma Ivanovna Bilunova (russian: Римма Ивановна Билунова; née Kazmina; August 21, 1940 – December 21, 2015) was a Russian

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player who was awarded the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 1968, head coach of USSR's women's national team (1983-1988) and Honored coach of the

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. She was twice women's champion of the RSFSR (1966 and 1968) and of the Armed Forces of the USSR (1966 and 1968). In later years, she became a chess administrator and journalist.

Family

* Father – Ivan Kazmin, he worked in the Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR * Husband – Boris Bilunov, historian and chess player * Son – Denis 15.03.2007 Zaitsev. White squares MASTERS Bilunova
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External links

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ChessPro. 1940 births 2015 deaths Chess Woman International Masters South Ural State University alumni Soviet female chess players Soviet chess players Russian female chess players Russian chess players Sportspeople from Kurgan Oblast {{Russia-chess-bio-stub